Léon Louis Vaillant was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology.
Erich Johann Georg Zugmayer was an Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist who worked in the Austrian foreign ministry. He collected extensively in Asia where he went on several expeditions including Western Tibet (1906) and Baluchistan (1911). He described several new species of fishes and several bird taxa were described from his collections.
Micrelaps vaillanti, also known commonly as the black-headed micrelaps or the Somali two-headed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Scaleless dragonfish may refer to:
Bathophilus is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes native to the ocean depths of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Turbonilla vaillanti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Barathrites iris is a species of fish in the family Ophidiidae.
Leptostomias gladiator is a species of fish in the family Stomiidae. It is sometimes called the scaleless dragonfish, but that name is shared with many other species.
Hypostomus vaillanti is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Preto River basin in the São Francisco River drainage. The species reaches 18.5 cm SL and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
Bathophilus abarbatus is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. They have been observed in the Pacific Ocean at a maximum depth of ~230 metres (750 ft).
Bathophilus altipinnis is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Hawaii. Fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~6.3 centimeters.
Bathophilus ater is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been observed in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans off the coasts of Chile and Australia, and fully-grown members of the species can reach maximum length of ~15 centimetres (5.9 in).
Bathophilus filifer is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, at a maximum depth of ~1,050 metres (3,440 ft).
Bathophilus flemingi is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean near Alaska, and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~16 centimeters.
Bathophilus indicus is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been observed in the Pacific Ocean, and is rarely seen due to the depths that members of the species reside in. When fully-grown, a member can reach a maximum length of ~9 centimeters.
Bathophilus irregularis is a widely distributed species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been observed off the coasts of Namibia and South Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, and has also been documented in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Fully-grown adults can reach maximum length of ~12.5 centimeters.
Bathophilus kingi is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea, and members of the species can be found in depths of up to ~1,100 metres (3,600 ft).
Bathophilus pawneei is a widely distributed species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~12.2 centimeters.
Bathophilus proximus is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~5 centimeters.
Bathophilus schizochirus is a widely distributed species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~10.3 centimeters.
